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A Popper-Kuhn hybrid theory of scientific knowledge

I may be an amateur in philosophy of science, in addition to being a professional natural scientist. I have read several books of Popper, and several of Kuhn. I regret very much that Popper fans and Kuhn fans tend to denounce each other. I…

Rethinking expertise, following Collins and Evans

[An article in the blog of a historian of science Kenji Ito on 2009-11-16 (in Japanese)] introduced me to what Science-Technology-Society scholars Harry Collins and Richard Evans discussed about experts in science and society. Soon I found…

Will blogs facilitate "extended peer review" as proposed by Ravetz?

[Excuse me, English speakers, this blog is designed for Japanese speakers. If you followed a link I made in other blogs, would you continue discussion there as long as it is appropriate?][Note on 2010-02-15: I am afraid this article is not…